Contingency Fees Regulations Effective Date

Please note that the Contingency Fees Regulations will take effect on FEBRUARY 1, 2019. GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Accounting Regulations Compliance Required for Practising Certificates

NOTICE TO ALL ATTORNEYS Attorneys are hereby reminded that regulation 16 (6) empowers the Council to withhold the issue of a practising certificate to any attorney who fails to comply with regulation 16 (1) which requires every attorney to deliver … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Bankruptcy: Practising Certificate Invalidated

NOTICE  Take notice that it has been brought to the attention of the General Legal Council that on the 23rd October 2018 the Government Trustee was appointed Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of MARVALYN TAYLOR-WRIGHT and notice of this appointment … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Legal Profession (Continuing Legal Professional Development) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

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Police Report for Qualifying Certificate Applicants

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS FOR A QUALIFYING CERTIFICATE Take notice that with effect from 1 January 2019 persons applying to the General Legal Council for a qualifying certificate are required to submit with their application an original police report coming from … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

GLC Policy on Public Notifications

It has been brought to the attention of the General Legal Council, that notices have recently been circulated purportedly issued by the General Legal Council stating that an attorney at law who conducts a legal practice in Jamaica is “…currently … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

ORDER – Jambar v AG & GLC January 25 2018

ORDER WITHOUT PREJUDICE to the interests of the parties and the decision of the Court in the substantive appeal SCCA No 35 of 2017, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED from the date hereof, until the determination of the said appeal or … [CLICK TO READ MORE]